Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride, but I know how to make maple syrup :)

Max

Max, rally the kids up, make them trust you. Make a speech. The voice suggested.

I stood up on a table and clapped my hands. "Hey experiments, aren't you getting tired of treated like trash?" I yelled and I heard a few agreements and a few people nod.

"Aren't you tired of being treated like a table or a chair?" I yelled.

"Yeah!" A few people yelled back.

"Aren't you tired of experiments and needles?"

"Yeah!" A few more joined in.

"Scientists trying to play God?"

"Yeah!" Almost the entire crowd was shouting now.

"Who thinks we should give them a piece of our mind, to say hey, we matter too!"

"Yeah!" The whole crowd was cheering now.

"From today on, we are all family and you must swear to protect one another by whatever means necessary." I said and everyone agreed. "Good news, after today, you'll all be free to go, feel free to go to news stations and stir up trouble for Dr. Gunther-Hagan though." I said. Everyone cheered at that.

"Last thing, before you go, I want you to learn the secret question and answer so we know if we can trust you or not." I said. "The question is 'Where are you going' and the answer is 'coming home'." Everyone nodded, "If any of you need help, I always know one place that will be open." I gave them my mom's address. "If you tell her that you are a friend of mine, I'm sure she will be willing to help. Alright, now, run, swim, jump, skip, fly, if you ever need any help, remember the password and help will be there."

Then one by one, each of the groups set off in their own directions until it was just the flock and I left. Everything was silent as everyone took a moment to think about each of the groups and wonder about where they were headed off to, until Iggy broke the silence, "Hey guys? What about Ella?" he said and then blushed.

I did a face palm and groaned thinking how I could've forgotten her. "Alright, who's up for our original plan of some recon?" I asked and everyone groaned.

"Well, I'm not asking." I said and took off and everyone followed. Once we got to the underground complex, we decided, hey, since we're in Canada, why don't we do some Canadian stuff. So we ate Canadian bacon, drank maple syrup (Probably not the best idea to have 7 bird kids wandering around sugar high) and had some poutine and let me tell ya, poutine is one of the most amazing foods in the world, right up there next to my mother's chocolate chip cookies. So we kept going until Nudge dragged us all into a store and started gushing about the clothes. I went from aisle to aisle trying to keep up with her and keep the flock together at the same time until something or someone knocked me out from behind.

Fang

I woke up to see that I was in a room with no windows with four walls of solid concrete. Great. I looked around the room and saw that there was a double bed, a sink, toilet, a small nightstand and kitchen? Wait a double bed? I stood up and saw that Maya was in it sleeping peacefully; I bended down and kissed her on the head. She stirred slightly and asked "Fang?"

"Yeah?" I responded.

"I love you." She said back and felt a rush of warmth flow through me but a pang hit me in the chest. I always imagined Max saying these words to me.

"I love you too." I replied and she snuggled into my chest. Slowly I drifted asleep.

I woke up the next morning confused and disoriented, Max, dang why'd I think her name, Maya, was still in bed when I got up, but she got up a few minutes after me.

"Fang? What are you doing here?" She asked confused.

"What do you mean? We were at the shopping center and got taken here." I replied equally confused, was she suffering brain damage.

"Oh yeah, they took you too?" She asked.

"Yeah, you were in the bathroom." I said.

"Wait, you were stalking me?" She asked slightly hysterical.

"Um, no, you told me you were going and I was waiting for you." I replied still confused.

"Oh I get it." She replied, her voice dull.

"You do?" I asked, still confused and even more confused by her sudden attitude change.

"Yeah, you think I'm her." She said flatly.

"Her? Who's her?" I asked, really confused and mildly irritated now.

"Maya, butthead." She said, with some kind of underlying emotion I couldn't make out.

"But you're Maya, my best friend and head chef!" I exclaimed, still not getting it. Maya let out a choked out sob and went to sit in the corner by herself. I went over and put my arm around her.

"What's wrong Maya?" I asked concerned.

"You stupid jerk! You still don't get it?" She yelled at me, wow Maya sure was difficult today.

"Get what?" I asked really irritated now.

"I'm Max!" She screamed.

I blanked out for a second and then it started to sink in. Oh, shit, I was screwed. Uh, excuse me as I try not to look dumb here.

"I knew that." I said, trying to be smart.

"No you didn't!" She yelled and then started laughing her head off. Wow has Max gone insane or something? She was really starting to freak me out and I just watched as she laughed hysterically.

Have a good weekend because everyone's looking forward to the weekend. It's Friday, Friday, got to get down on Friday! Gawd I hate that song. Review if you hate the song Friday. ;)